How to monitor IOT traffic with nlbwmon (low traffic devices / mqtt devices)

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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Hi, I have installed nlbwmon and it shows traffic by host correctly (sorry if I am not using correct words).

But I want also monitor my smart devices (much of them are tasmota devices). They work with mqtt and with a cloud mqtt server, NOT local. I have also a raspberry pi with venus os firmware reporting data to Victron cloud that also doesnt appear.

I don’t know if it is because protocol (mqtt, but I can not confirm victron’s protocol) or because they are “low traffic” devices.

I have installed luci-app-nlbwmon and nlbwmon without any other change in configuration or parameters.

Is there any way to also monitor traffic of these type of devices nlbwmon ? Any experience?

Best regards,

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Just tried it and nlbwmon reports some of my tasmota devices.

You may add

6 1883 MQTT
6 8883 MQTTS

to nlbwmon configuration in tab protocol mapping.

You may also need to include wan and wan6 interfaces to nlbwmon configuration tab general settings. Missing them may explain why connections to your cloud hosted mqtt server don't show up.

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Thanks, i will try, let me check and give here feddback.

After a while, they start to appear. Thanks a lot.

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